Chapter 7 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’ Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler. It was a long and trying tour up North. The weather was very bitter. There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
Chapter 7 of The golden windmill, and other stories is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading ““We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’”
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading “The weather was very bitter.”
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading “Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.”
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading ““We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.”
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading “There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.”
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading ““We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “The weather was very bitter.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.”
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
In this reading ““We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading The weather was very bitter.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
a person who is in charge
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a long and trying tour up North.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading It was a long and trying tour up North.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
and nothing more
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a good deal of sickness, and our chief was a hard man.
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
hard to endure
From this reading It was a long and trying tour up North.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading It was a long and trying tour up North.
precisely as stated
From this reading The weather was very bitter.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sophie had a lead, but I was only playing the part of a butler.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather was very bitter.
which person or people
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading “We had a long tour that autumn, Sophie and I. We wore out in ‘The Woman Who Failed.’
Chapter 7 of The golden windmill, and other stories by Stacy Aumonier holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 7 holds 406 sentences of The golden windmill, and other stories, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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